公开(公告)号：CA2497397A1

公开(公告)日：2004-02-12

申请号：CA2497397

申请日：2003-07-25

Applicant: LAB INTERLINK INC

Inventor： ZEVAKINA INNA ,  SIMMS DON ,  CHAN ADRIAN ,  ROTHMAN GREG ,  BARRY DOUGLAS

IPC: B25J18/04 ,  B65G13/06 ,  B65G21/22 ,  B65G23/08 ,  B65G23/12 ,  B65G23/30 ,  B65G37/00 ,  B65G37/02 ,  B65G47/52 ,  B65G47/76 ,  B65G47/90 ,  G01N35/00 ,  G01N35/04 ,  B65G29/00

Abstract: A conveyor (26) includes a first segment (26a) extending in a drive plane (P ), then wraps around a portion of a drive sprocket (40), extends back upstreman and around a portion of an idler sprocket (46) and then includes a second segment (26b) transversly adjacent the first segment within the drive plane. A guide (42) positioned over the drive plane for directing the specimen carrie rs (20) from the first segment to the second segment.